This simple Mac app lets you black out or dim the menu bar should you find it a source of distraction. Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has ...

Windows Media Player 12 hides the top menu bar by default, because common functions are available in other areas of the media library. If another user enabled the menu bar, hiding it again conserves ...

Have you ever wanted the ability to hide the Dock and/or the menu bar on an application-by-application basis? That is, when you launch iPhoto, the Dock is hidden, when you launch Google Earth both the ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Mac menu bar is iconic. With the Apple logo in the top-left and ...

Sometimes you need to use your entire screen at once, like when you’re working on a serious photo-retouching project or need more screen real estate for an epic GarageBand session and you don’t want ...

It's ridiculous that Apple still doesn't offer a way to hide menu bar icons in macOS. Windows has had this options since the launch of Windows Vista 17 years ago, but Mac users who don't want to see ...

Apple hides way too many things deep in the Mac settings app. There's no quick way to do things like toggle dark mode, hide the menu bar, or show hidden files—you need to dig around in the settings ...

Reader Desmond Biss would like an even cleaner Desktop. He writes: I use our living room’s LCD TV as a monitor for our Mac mini. Within System Preferences one can set the Dock to automatically hide ...

Popular Mac menu bar management utility Bartender was recently quietly sold to another company, a fact that only came to light after app monitoring service MacUpdater alerted users that updates to the ...

If you own a Mac computer, look at the top right corner of your screen. You'll probably see several little app icons. Some of the most popular apps, like Google Drive ...

If you want your bookmarks easily accessible, you can enable your browser’s bookmarks toolbar. Here is how to show the bookmarks bar in Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Firefox. Note that Chrome shows the ...